Legacy of White Plume Mountain Unofficial Patch

That's much appreciated, Travis. I'm sure players will have a more enjoyable experience with the module.

I am very familiar with White Plume Mountain and  the areas with the most problems. Life has gotten busy so I might not get through the trouble areas quickly but I will see if I can test your fixes in the next week or two. I'll head straight for Dead Gnoll's Eye Socket, since that area is so broken on my last playthrough I didn't even dare enter the mines.

Are the crashing issues the result of areas too packed with graphics? I always kinda wondered why the certain areas were so prone to crashing.

Does the vault have "Big Damn Hero" medals to hand out for mod rescue such as this? If not we should...

Outstanding! Big fan of upgrades myself. 

Currently in the middle of about five other things but I"ll try and get to this in the next couple of weeks.

Thank you for this! i had to ditch those areas because of the potential crashes! Now i' m going back to kick Dracolich ass!!

Thank you for this !

Hey Travus, I haven't gotten very far but I thought I would pop in to say that I really do like the conversation changes that have certain dialogue only appear one time and that I have checked several spots I remember seeing red floor patches and all seems fine now.

I did notice one thing you may or may not want to bother fixing as it is only very minor. The Bounty Satchel you start with is completely broken since bounty items automatically go into it but cannot be removed or sold directly from the bag. This means carrying the bag effectively removes bounty items from the game.

Honestly, I would say the best and also easiest solution is just to remove the bag. Its not like those trophies can't be put into literally every other kind of bag without the problems. In the past, I have just left the bag in the chest hear the Soubar exit. I also dump keys I don't need in that chest. The obsessive-compulsive part of me makes me leave things like that somewhere I could get them again if I needed them for some reason...

Hopefully in the next day or two I can let you know if Dead Gnolls Eye Socket is in good shape. For now, I can only say that none of your changes has mucked up the first stage of the core quest to retrieve the three stolen weapons. Because I am playing with an eye towards breaking things this time, I did notice that if you refuse to give back all three weapons the main quest will stall and there will be no return to White Plume Mountain itself. That may be as intended, though it seems odd to me that the one would effect the other.

Great work! I've linked to this. Good to see people still giving love to old NWN2 modules. Maybe someone could get around to fixing bugs in SoZ Holiday Expansion Project, too.

WOW.

I never finished this b/c I was put off by the bugs and general crashiness. Will DL and try out tonight.

I have thoroughly tested Dead Gnoll's Eyesocket, repeatedly going back to earlier saves on each level to test for crashing and corrupted saves. All seems well. I also didn't see any red floor sections. The only problem I noticed is that on the fourth level there is a second way back up to the third that leads to completely self enclosed area. I am guessing there is a non- functioning secret door that leads to the rest of the level.

Turns out I have lots more time than I thought. Just took reinterpretation of how necessary sleep is...

I had the same thought. A lot of the dungeons in this mod do have quick ways to the overland map once you are at their end and the cavein is the perfect excuse for one appearing.

I am off to test the goblin warg rider caves and the chunk of underdark you can reach from them next. After that I will go for Dragotha. Then the drow settlement in the underdark. Any other areas in need of examination?

Also, I suppose this is more of a personal annoyance rather than a bug but I wondered if you might know a simple solution. I often place a handicap on myself to make things more challenging. This usually takes the form of opting not to craft. In this mod, that choice still leaves me hauling around a bunch of undroppable recipe books I would much rather leave behind than have taking up space. Is there a simple way to ditch non-cursed undroppable items?

Great!

Already standing in front of the Gnoll Caverns ;)

Since you have the scripts, why not put those on an item or in a conversation for other players? 

Still a few things to wrap up before I get time to play this. 

The worg warrens and the undermoor have been tested for pathing issues, crashes and red ground. All seems well. Next up will be the drow outpost instead of Dragotha since I realized the extra loot and xp from the drow make Dragotha more surviveable.

Thanks for the quality of life improvement with book removal.

It occurs to me that I will also have to hit the dwarven ruins in the upper right corner to see what changes you made to cursed items. I can't think of any other cursed items other than a gem of weight that is in there somewhere.

The underdark market and drow outpost have been checked. No crashing issues were found despite many reloads to previous saves. The only issue I found is that the pathing around the entrance to the drow outpost is a bit wonky. Nothing serious though. Just takes a while to figure out how to get to enemies seemingly right in front of you and they don't necessarily see you until you are right on them.

The last area to test is Dragotha. Does anyone remember if there is another way to kill him than crushing the phylactery? I remember that being in White Plume somewhere but I would have to go find it.

My testing is done. Travus, your fixes have all worked out. I had no crashing issues at all. I also at no point spotted any red on the ground. The conversation fixes, while not fixing anything that was broken, made for a better experience. Well done and thank you. I am sure this opens the door to many that might have passed up White Plume Mountain due to some of its problems.

I did notice something due to the recipe book removal. This mod, and I suspect SoZ itself from which the books were taken, checks on load and area transition to make sure you have the books and gives them to you if you do not. So there is no way to get rid of the books. Amusingly, if your inventory is full when the game tries to give you new recipe books, you end up with a giant stack of them on the floor at your feet as it apparently tries to give you new ones several times before giving up.

Thanks again travus. I just tested and the fix works at warding off returning recipe books. Now I have a mental image of malevolent flying books searching for adventurers in the dead of night. Vampiric, gold eating books...

I was happy to do my tiny part in testing the fixes. I hope they lead to many new playthroughs of WPM among the community.

New game started! So far so good. 

Thanks for letting me finally get to the bottom of Dragoth's Lair. Much appreciated! 

Since you are on a clean up mission, I've got a couple more items for you to look into but nothing plot-breaking.

Overall, great work. Maybe we should start an orphaned module adoption club. 

This is great work, travus - thank you for doing it.

I only just deinstalled WPM to save on disk space, but I'll definitely pick this back up when I get a chance!